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I finally had the opportunity, and took the chunk of time required, to read Anne Marie Slaughter's controversial article Why Women Still Can't Have it All, published in Atlantic Magazine (July/Aug). Slaughter was the first woman director of policy planning at the ...

The other day I interviewed Reg Bibby, one of Canada's leading sociologists. It was for a story on why youth leave the Church and why they sometimes stay. What made the interview so remarkable to me wasn't what Bibby knew, which was ...

A funny thing happened to me on the way to this website. When I left for my assignment in South Sudan, this site was well on its way to being complete. When I returned, after six days of touring refugee camps and ...

This week, I am off on a writing assignment like I have never had before. I have accepted an invitation to travel to two refugee camps in South Sudan with Samaritan's Purse, a charity probably best known for encouraging ordinary Canadians to ...

I'm certain that it is unprofessional to break down and start crying during an interview for a magazine story — especially when you're the one doing the interviewing. But that's what I did near the end of a gruelling hour-and a-half long ...

Recently, an Indigo flyer caught my eye, and then my scissors. It came for Mother's Day and was an advertisement for the books Mom would love. But what I loved was its collection of quotes about books and writers. Quotes that I ...

The column Bible Study Gone Bad can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the full column.

The column Turning middle-age is a chance to look inside oneself can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the full article. "So, maybe I’m not going to be a rock star after all. Or sit on a ...

The column God tends not to communicate with me in direct ways can be found at the United Church Observer. Click here to read the full column. "Our bed, which I had just made, was stripped bare of all linens, which were ...

The column The very best years are not behind us can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the full column. "As it turns out, all the little old ladies were right. When my kids were really young ...

The column Protecting our kids can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the column. "I recently spent several weeks researching a story on prostitution in Canada. It left me sleepless — and almost speechless. One of the first ...

The article Connection Reflection can be found at Childview (World Vision). Click here to read the article. "It’s funny to watch the video of my son careening through the forest with his friends. Their mini-movie includes arrests, shocking escapes, and what I ...